After years of relative inactivity, Atlanta Housing (AH) has a sense of urgency to develop more affordable housing to meet its goal of 10,000 more units over the next six years.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Chattahoochee Nature Center celebrates infrastructure improvements
Spring has sprung and warm weather in Atlanta means it’s officially the season of festivals. From now until Sunday, April 10, you can head downtown — across from Georgia State University’s Center Parc Stadium — to visit the Atlanta Fair, celebrating its 50th year. Get an early taste of summertime with cotton candy in one […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta BeltLine’s Southside trail expansion on the horizon
Early voting is underway for the City of Atlanta’s runoff races and will run through Nov. 24. The mayoral seat has gone into runoffs, along with City Council President, City Council Post 3 At Large, District 1, 3, 4, 5 and 12. Two Board of Education seats are also undecided, including District 2 and Seat […]
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Seven organizations receive technical assistance through ULI Atlanta’s Center for Leadership
Sheba Ross, HKS Design and ULI Atlanta mTAP Chair (2020) Leadership is a team sport. There has been a shift in the past decade where much momentum has been gained in the realm of action in comparison to just planning. And the reason is because initiatives have been propelled to action, not by solitary thinkers, […]
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What’s Happening with Hipsturbia in Atlanta
By: The Wilbert Group Urban Land Institute named “hipsturbia” one of the top emerging trends for 2020 after ULI member and North American Properties’ Adam Schwegman introduced the buzzy phenomenon in a ULI Atlanta focus group. Here’s why. Each year, Urban Land Institute publishes its “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” a joint-publication with PwC — […]
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Atlanta named top 10 market to watch in 2020
By: Marvin Chapman, Marcus & Millichap and Ellen Garland, Silver Studio Architects, ULI Atlanta Programs Committee With looming talks of another recession on the rise, equity and affordability, Atlanta’s continued growth, and technology’s impact, where are you placing your bets for real estate in 2020? Back in September, the Urban Land Institute and PwC released […]
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Building a Better Transportation Future
By: ULI Programs Committee Members Jonathan Weidman of ASAP+ and Julie Secrist of Planners and Engineers Collaborative, Inc The Urban Land Institute Atlanta—in partnership with Perimeter Connects and the Perimeter Community Improvement Districts—gathered local commercial real estate professionals, transportation experts and civic and business leaders on Wednesday, Oct. 2 for an early morning discussion on […]
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Introducing ULI Atlanta’s New Silver Award: People’s Choice for the Public Realm
By: ULI Atlanta staff What do we mean when we say, “the public realm?” That is a question the leaders at ULI Atlanta have been asked countless times since we introduced the award category, Excellence in the Public Realm, during last year’s annual awards program. As a team at ULI Atlanta, we have a unique […]
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ULI Atlanta Member Spotlight: Kyle Reis, Principal, Director of Planning at Cooper Carry
Original post on ULI’s website. From planning communities to planning soccer drills, we spoke with Reis about his passion for design, involvement in ULI and giving back to the next generation. by: The Wilbert Group When it comes to Kyle Reis’ career success, there’s no separating nature versus nurture. Considering he has a twin brother […]
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Fostering Interdisciplinary Connections to Advance Atlanta
A Participant’s Perspective on ULI’s Center for Leadership By Jessica Florez, Perkins+Will Since moving to Atlanta in 2000, the city has been home and the base of my career as an urban designer. While I’ve participated in major projects here such as the Turner Field Neighborhoods LCI and the District 3 Westside Revive, my work has taken me […]
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Community Leaders Learn the Challenges Behind Planning and Development
By Scott Cullen, Chair, UrbanPlan and Executive Vice President, JLL “Community planning is challenging.” That was the sentiment from the recent UrbanPlan for Community Officials administered by the Urban Land Institute’s Atlanta District Council (ULI Atlanta for short). Organized with the assistance and support of Natallie Kaiser at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the day-long […]
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When the Kids Are Away, Let the Public Play
George Dusenbury, State Director for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Rachel Sprecher, Executive Director in the Office of Partnerships and Development, Atlanta Public Schools Parks strengthen communities and improve public health while cleaning the water we need and the air we breathe. But in cities like Atlanta, with a dense urban core and […]
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Charleston Mayor Joe Riley: ‘You can never stop listening’
A fascinating conversation between two public servants took place last week – thanks to ULI Atlanta. It was a conversation that should become a guiding platform for how Atlanta can evolve into a next generation city.
The conversation took place between former Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley Jr. – who has been described as the best mayor in the country, serving his city for 40 years; and Atlanta Planning Commissioner Tim Keane, who worked for Riley for eight years before coming to Atlanta.
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Task force lays out affordability proposal at housing forum
HouseATL presents its affordable housing proposal to the public—including creating or preserving 20,000 units over the next decade.
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How HouseATL Aims to Help Shape Atlanta’s Housing Future
From the diminishing supply of affordable units, to funding mechanisms for development and preservation, to issues of gentrification and displacement – housing affordability continues to be a central issue to achieving equity in metro Atlanta. At our last housing forum, we learned about taskforce efforts throughout the region – with a specific focus on Brookhaven, […]
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Maximizing the Moment: Regional Action on Affordable Housing
Metro Atlanta is having a watershed moment. At no time in recent history have we seen more conversations about housing affordability than are occurring right now. Scarcity of housing stock, the predominance of low-income families that are housing-cost burdened, alarming levels of evictions, displacement and gentrification, rising rental rates, the loss of affordable units due […]
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Atlanta’s Changing Transportation Ecosystem
By: Sarah Kirsch and Daphne Bond-Godfrey, ULI Atlanta Atlanta’s traffic woes are a well-known story. Despite having the nation’s 9th largest transit system, we are still an auto-centric city and region, rife with congestion along our main corridors. The lesser known story, perhaps, is the remarkable level of investment and coordination currently underway among our […]
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The Lovable City
by Jenn Graham Stokell, ULI Atlanta Awards Committee with Amanda Rhein, ULI Atlanta Awards Dinner Chair What makes a city lovable? As Atlanta enters a period of transformation, it’s important for city leaders, developers, planners and everyday citizens to take a moment and reflect on what we love most about where we live. That’s why […]
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The Urbanization of Atlanta’s Suburbs: Norcross, Duluth and Suwanee
While the vast majority of development has been concentrated in transit-oriented, urban core locations such as Buckhead, Midtown and Perimeter, there is growing opportunity in walkable suburban environments.
